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Radio Presenter's Water Breaks On-Air and Hilarity Ensues

by Karen de Wilde on July 15, 2013

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It's every pregnant woman's nightmare — having your water break in public. For one new mom in Denver, Colorado, it'll be a while until she lives down the embarrassment caused when her water broke in a VERY public way.

As recounted by the news site The Inquisitr, Kathie J, a radio presenter for a morning radio show on KS107.5, a Denver, Colorado station, was live on the air when all of a sudden her water broke. As expected, her male co-hosts got squemish quickly and couldn't help but crack jokes at her expense.

"Oh my God, gross! That is so... Did you just pee?" asked one.

"Code red!" joked another, while another made the sound of a siren.

"Call your husband for God's sake!" screamed one.

While they freaked out, she remained calm herself and rushed off to the hospital, from where she called a few hours later to give an update. Later on in the day, it was announced that a healthy baby girl was born. Kathie J, whose due date was about a week later, now jokes that she's lucky she went the radio presenter route rather than being on TV.

While she probably would've preferred to not have her water break in such a public way, at least it's funny! Many moms only have memory to go by when recalling details of the exact moment their water broke, but she has a permanent record of it that she gets to play over and over again for laughs. Plus, it could've been worse. She could've been on the bus!

How did you react when your water broke? Tell us in the comments below!